NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

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NameScout

NameScout

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Live across 12+ registries

Check the name before you start the repo.

Search domains, package registries, code hosts, and plugin marketplaces from one practical report. No hype. Just the collisions that matter.

Package registries and distribution first
Domains and brand surfaces first
Package and GitHub collisions first
Marketplaces and publisher names first
~/codenpm →
$ npx namescout-cli redis
Score 11 / 100 · Name collision risk
Domains
✗ redis.com taken
✓ redis.dev available
Package registries
✗ npm taken
...
Prefer the terminal? Same checks, no install.

Provider coverage

Obscure enough to be useful.

Live checks across the registries developers actually publish to. Two more on the way.

Domains
npm
PyPI
GitHub
crates.io
RubyGems
Packagist
Docker Hub
Homebrew
VS Code
Chrome Web StoreSoon
ObsidianSoon

Near matches

Similar names already exist

Even when your exact name is free, these are close enough to cause confusion.

  • simul8_work_free_crack_softw_xbwv

    npm

    simul8 work free crack softw

  • simul8_professional_2012_cracked_link__0fb

    npm

    simul8 professional 2012 cracked ((link))

  • RaspberryEmma/SIMUL8-Simulation

    GitHub

    A simulation of a call-centre, towards a goal of minimising staffing costs, made in SIMUL8. Produced in collaboration with Georgia Mellis, Emma Tarmey, Dave Waddington, Hugh Warden and Chloe Yong.

  • thabangnoko/Simul8-model

    GitHub

    Group project utilising discrete event simulations in Simul8 to aid a hospital struggling to handle incoming patients requiring the use of the X-ray within a suitable amount of time.

  • E-dwardG/Simul8-Group-Project

    GitHub

    A group project I was heavily involved in univeristy, using Simul8 to find potential efficiency imporvements on a factory floor

  • vshah5/Simulating-Theater-Experience-SIMUL8

    GitHub

    Created multiple simulation models on SIMUL8 software for a theater company to modify number of staff members, starting times, kiosks, and guest arrivals in order to maximize the number of customers as well as maximize profits for the theater.

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Usable but watch it

60

simul8.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

simul8.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy simul8.app first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

simul8.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

simul8.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

simul8.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

simul8.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

simul8.ai

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

simul8.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

crates.io

high confidence · No exact crate found

available

RubyGems

high confidence · Gem name is clear

available

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available